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No. 409,642. PatentedAug. 20, 1889.

VILLIAM II. LITTLE, OF PICTURE ROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR lOF ONE- HALF TO GEORGE E. LITTLE, OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,642, datedAugust 20, 1889.

Application filed July 30, 1887. Serial No. 245,692. (No model) To @ZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LITTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Picture Rocks, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Ilnprovenients in Clothes- Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Io skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine.

The invention relates to extensible clothes frames or horses, which by their construction are adapted for various other purposes;

I5 and it consists in the construction and novel combination oi parts hereinafter described, and point-ed out in the appended claim.

Figure l of the drawings represents the frame when extended vertically to be used as 2o a clothes-drier. Fig. 2 represents the frame folded to be hung against a wall. Fig. 3 represents the saine when extended to forni a support.

Referring to the drawings, letter A desig- 2 5 nates the side rails or bars of the frame, those on each side being pivotcd together centrally in such manner so to forni lazy-tongs; and B l5, are the bars or rungs connecting the centers and ends of opposite or corresponding pairs 3o on each side.

C C are short bars pivoted upon two center rungs and having their adjoining ends connected by the hinges c. The said bars are situated on the inner side of the bars A,

3 5 on each side of the traine, and each pair with its hinge forms a stop, lilnitin g the expansion of: the lazy-tongs, which forni the sides ot the traine, as shown in Figs. l and 3. NVhen the frame is extended, as shown, the abutting 4o ends of the vertical bars C lock it in position and prevent it collapsing till the joint vfiorined by the hinge is bent by hand, all weight bearing down on the :traine rendering said joint more stift.

I) I) are folding legs, each made in two sections, having their adjoining ends connected by the hinge d. The upper sections of the said legs are connected bythe hinges d to the lower ends of the top bars A on one side 5o of the frame, so that by inelining the traine at an angle ot about forty-ve degrees the legs will stand vertically and in alignment with said top bars, and the traine will then be in the position shown in Fig. 3. Then the frame is entirely folded up, as :shown in 55 Fig. 2, it may be hung on parts F, secured to a wall, the legs hanging' dowmvard, as shown in Fig. 2.

For transportation the frame may be entirely folded, and the legs `folded irst there- 6o under and then upward, in rear of the fraine, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus occupying the smallest possible space. \Vhen the traine is extended vertically, as in Fig. l, it is obviously in proper position to have clothes hung upon it. Then in the position shown in Fig. 2, the rungs I3 forni shelves, which inay be used for any convenient purpose. When in the position shown in Fig. 3, boards may be laid upon it, as shown in dot- 7o ted lines, and it thus is adapted to support a number of series of flower-pots which rise in tiers frein the bottoni to the top of the trarne.

In this lastposition, with the boards upon the frame, it makes a convenient step-ladder, particularly when the legs are placed against a wall or posts so that the hinges Z d cannot bend. The weight upon the frame would, however, tend to prevent them from bendin g under any circumstances. SO

I ain aware that extensible clothes-frames and l'raines having lazy-tong sides have been inade, and such I do not claiin, broadly; but

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- S5 The herein-described frame adapted to be used for the described purposes and consisting ot the side bars A, pivoted together in pairs, the transverse rungs connecting the ends and centers of opposite pairs of side 9o bars, the stops C,each consisting ot two bars and hinge c, and the legs I), each composed of two sections connected by the hinge d and connected to the top side bar A on one side of the frame by the hinge d, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony whereof I at'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'WILLIAM Il.. LITTLE.

Witnesses:

J. Wnsnn'r LITTLE, Anios B. Srnou'r. 

